Michael Ryan and Noel McGrath after the All-Ireland Senior hurling final between Kilkenny and Tipperary at Croke Park, Dublin, see Birthdays

ON THIS DAY

1927: Bill Ponsford, playing for Victoria against Queensland in Melbourne, scored 437 runs to beat his own world record of 429 set nearly five years earlier.

1937: Australian media magnate Kerry Packer, who turned the world of cricket upside down in 1977 by announcing plans to launch a world series on his television station, was born. He died aged 68 in December 2005.

2000: Danny Murphy scored the goal which ended Manchester United's two-year unbeaten home record in the Premier League as Liverpool recorded a 1-0 victory at Old Trafford.

2001: Liverpool striker Michael Owen became the first Englishman to be named European Footballer of the Year since Kevin Keegan in 1979.

2008: Blackburn appointed Sam Allardyce as manager on a three-year contract.

2012: England won a Test series in India for the first time since 1985 after drawing the final Test in Nagpur to seal a 2-1 victory.

2013: England lost the Ashes to Australia before Christmas with a third successive landslide defeat, despite Ben Stokes' maiden Test century. Australia regained the urn with a 150-run win to take an unassailable 3-0 lead.

2014: US lawyer Michael Garcia resigned as FIFA's independent ethics investigator after losing his appeal challenging the findings to clear Russia and Qatar to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

2015: Chelsea parted company with manager Jose Mourinho following two days of crisis board meetings. He became the first Premier League manager to leave a club the year after winning the title.

BIRTHDAYS

Ray Wilson (soccer) - member of England's 1966 World Cup-winning team, born 1934.

Rocco Mediate (golf) - American golfer with numerous wins on the PGA Tour, born 1962.

Paula Radcliffe (athletics) - marathon world record holder, born 1973.